Watch out for my return to blogging! :)

Watch out as I share with you my thoughts about working at home, homeschooling, being a 24/7 home-based family, fatherhood, simplifying life, etc. 

I've received a lot of questions over the years. Some have actually paid me to help them. I figure that, if I should help more people, I might as well write everything down. Coaching people has one "psychic" income that I'm getting the most kick from - people who actually do something with their lives.

For starters, here's my initial thought: At worst, some think of working at home as some kind of a dead end non-career thing. At the other end of the spectrum, some thing of working at home as a life in paradise. Both notions are false, dangerously false.

The first perception leaves you out of the many opportunities available in the digital world. That is where we live today, by the way, just in case you didn't notice.

The second perception is escapism. It would burn you out in three days. Before you know it, you'd get pulled back to the very thing you hate right now -- your desk and the blasted traffic outside.

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Dress Up and Go!

I woke up this past weekend and something hit me. I was alive! I felt it! It's almost like some kind of a magical experience wherein, seemingly from out of nowhere, you just feel joyful and light! Did something like that happen to you?

The truth is, no one is exempt from "clouds" of life. You just have to trust that the sun is out there, even in the middle of a raging storm. Oh yeah, you may have to deal with the flood and the leaking roof, borrow some money and promise to pay it off. You may have to walk a step at a time, figuratively or literally. But you know that the sun's gonna come out soon.

Truly Rich Club Wealth Summit 2013

I had the privilege of being on stage with Jomar Hilario and 3 other online income earners during the Wealth Summit 2013 at the Philippine International Convention Center. Around 300 people were there.

On stage with (L-R), Jomar Hilario, Jan McKingleyHilado, Paolo Josef Abadesco and Sha Nacino (photo from the Timeline of Sha Nacino) 

During the Wealth Summit, I was interviewed by Jomar about my journey towards my present online work. He asked what I did before working online, the transition and how I spend a typical day these days. The time on stage however was limited.

Allow me to talk about my story in greater detail here.

The Secret to Embarrassingly Large Profits

Let me share with you this quote:

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

~ Henry Ford (1863-1947) American industrialist

Henry Ford, c 1919
Photo: Wikipedia

This reminds me of the story of three people working in a construction site. A child passed by and asked them what they were doing. One said, "I am digging a hole." The second one said, "I am building a wall." The last one said, "I am building a Church."

Who among the three would you call when you want to build your house? If you're setting yourself up to be physically involved, call the first one. If you're setting yourself up to get mentally involved, call the second guy. But if you want to sit and relax while others sweat it out, you'd call the third.

A Slice of Working at Home

I work at home. Many people still couldn’t get what that means. I’m tired of explaining. Now, I just let them think whatever they want to think and not give a damn. Oh, how life has become simpler since then.

Working at home, in squatting position, in front of TV and with kids running around

Neighbors thought I work nights somewhere. That’s because they see me at home during the day, wearing shorts and tending my garden. My eyes go up each time someone mentions I work nights. But I have learned to cope with the punishment by saying, “Yeah! See you around.”

Gmail That Reads Your Body Motion?

Who else has seen a weird "Gmail Motion Beta" announcement in their Gmail panels today?

I'm referring to this ...

I clicked on it. The next thing I knew, I got hooked to this very interesting video ...

That was a wake up call, indeed ...

A homeschool colleague named Oliver was following my fatherhood blog and I didn't realize it. I ran across him in a homeschool gathering. Then he asked, "What's up? I've not read anything new in your blog."

Aluminum Apple Keyboard by Andrew*

That was a wake up call. I had not updated this blog regularly as I used to. For a time, I thought that was, "Ok." Deep inside me, something said, "No, Marvin, that's not Ok. You're out of integrity here." 

Bloggers like me put up blogs like this with a vision. In my case, I've been envisioning this blog to be read by fathers like me. There's just a lot of stuff out there that fathers could munch during breaks, to make them better parents of Filipino kids, especially in the information age.

Social Media Week - Rome

Online jobs is the result of the combined forces of the economy, globalization and the internet. Watch and listen to Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk Corporation (odesk.com).



I'm sure many Filipinos need not leave the country to seek employment abroad. With proper orientation towards the growing opportunities available in the internet, there's a good chance for fathers and mothers to stay home.

Our Fantastic 2011 Family Vacation

The last two weeks have been hectic and exciting for my family. Sponsors in my big family took me, my wife and my kids to a two-week big family vacation that included trips in Cebu, Bohol, Camiguin, Bukidnon and Cagayan de Oro City.

Some of the places we visted

I have summarized the places we visited in the diagram above. It was a mix of air, land and sea travel. There were lots of sight-seeing, fun photos, swimming and snorkeling.